The Eighth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
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The Eighth Doctor Adventures was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions from 2006 to 2011 which was revitalized from 2019 onwards as a range encompassing Big Finish's various Eighth Doctor stories.
BBC Radio era (2007-2011)[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eighth Doctor Adventures was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions beginning in 2006. It starred the Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann, Lucie Miller, played by Sheridan Smith and Tamsin Drew, played by Niky Wardley. The audios differed substantially in price and format from Big Finish's monthly line. On the Big Finish podcast, these stories were sometimes informally called "the eighth Doctor and Lucie adventures".
The series first debuted on BBC Radio 7 with the first part of Blood of the Daleks on 31 December 2006. However, the second, third and fourth series debuted on CD prior to their radio broadcasts, carrying over to Radio 7's rebranded successor, BBC Radio 4 Extra.
For the third series, Big Finish introduced a unique release method. The series format changed to a series of 16 25 minute episodes as opposed to 50 minute episodes. In absence of a 2009 TV series, a new episode was released as a download every Saturday evening on a weekly basis, and subscribers would be able to receive the physical CD upon release. However, this release method did not carry over to the fourth season. In the case of the third season, its radio broadcast was heavily condensed and only stories which did not feature returning monsters (Orbis, The Beast of Orlok, The Scapegoat and The Cannibalists) were presented in edited forms.
The first four series were notable for driving the Eighth Doctor towards the darker personality as seen in Dark Eyes onwards. Additionally, it introduced a third variation on the Eighth Doctor's theme tune composed by Nicholas Briggs, although the David Arnold arrangement was used during the first series.
Series 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 1 (8DA)
The Eighth Doctor Adventures began as an eight-part series titled "The Eighth Doctor BBC7 Stories". [1]
The series first debuted on BBC Radio 7 with the first part of Blood of the Daleks on 31 December 2006. Each episode of the first season was broadcast alongside a 10 minute making of entitled Beyond the Vortex.
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 / 1.2 | Blood of the Daleks | Steve Lyons | Lucie, Daleks | January 2007 |
| 1.3 | Horror of Glam Rock | Paul Magrs | Lucie, Pat | March 2007 |
| 1.4 | Immortal Beloved | Jonathan Clements | Lucie | April 2007 |
| 1.5 | Phobos | Eddie Robson | May 2007 | |
| 1.6 | No More Lies | Paul Sutton | June 2007 | |
| 1.7 / 1.8 | Human Resources | Eddie Robson | Lucie, Cybermen, the Headhunter, Karen, Straxus | July - August 2007 |
Series 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 2 (8DA)
With its second series, "The Eighth Doctor BBC7 Stories" were renamed to "The New Eighth Doctor Adventures". The new series was called "Season 2" and the previous one named "Season 1".[2] Although the name was dropped shortly after the end of this series, "The New Eighth Doctor Adventures" remained in use by some fans in order to distinguish this series from the novel series of the same name.
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Dead London | Pat Mills | Lucie | January 2008 |
| 2.2 | Max Warp | Jonathan Morris | February 2008 | |
| 2.3 | Brave New Town | Jonathan Clements | Lucie, Nestene | March 2008 |
| 2.4 | The Skull of Sobek | Marc Platt | Lucie | April 2008 |
| 2.5 | Grand Theft Cosmos | Eddie Robson | Lucie, the Headhunter, Karen | May 2008 |
| 2.6 | The Zygon Who Fell to Earth | Paul Magrs | Lucie, Pat, Zygons | June 2008 |
| 2.7 | Sisters of the Flame / The Vengeance of Morbius | Nicholas Briggs | Lucie, Morbius, Sisterhood of Karn, Straxus | July 2008 |
| 2.8 | August 2008 |
Series 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 3 (8DA)
In August 2008, shortly after the end of Season 2, the webpage for the series was renamed "The Eighth Doctor Adventures". [3]
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Orbis | Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs | Lucie, the Headhunter | March 2009 |
| 3.2 | Hothouse | Jonathan Morris | Lucie, Krynoids | April 2009 |
| 3.3 | The Beast of Orlok | Barnaby Edwards | Lucie | May 2009 |
| 3.4 | Wirrn Dawn | Nicholas Briggs | Lucie, Wirrn | June 2009 |
| 3.5 | The Scapegoat | Pat Mills | Lucie | July 2009 |
| 3.6 | The Cannibalists | Jonathan Morris | August 2009 | |
| 3.7 | The Eight Truths / Worldwide Web | Eddie Robson | Lucie, Karen, the Headhunter, Eight Legs | September 2009 |
| 3.8 | October 2009 |
Series 4[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Series 4 (8DA)
An Earthly Child, a story in Special Releases accompanying this season, was later retroactively included in The Eighth Doctor Adventures in 2019.
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Death in Blackpool | Alan Barnes | Lucie, Pat, Zygons | December 2009 |
| 4.2 | Situation Vacant | Eddie Robson | Tamsin | July 2010 |
| 4.3 | Nevermore | Alan Barnes | August 2010 | |
| 4.4 | The Book of Kells | Barnaby Edwards | Tamsin, the Monk, Lucie | September 2010 |
| 4.5 | Deimos | Jonathan Morris | Tamsin, Ice Warriors | October 2010 |
| 4.6 | The Resurrection of Mars | Tamsin, Lucie, Ice Warriors, the Monk | November 2010 | |
| 4.7 | Relative Dimensions | Marc Platt | Susan, Alex, Lucie | December 2010 |
| 4.8 | Prisoner of the Sun | Eddie Robson | January 2011 | |
| 4.9 | Lucie Miller / To the Death | Nicholas Briggs | Daleks, Lucie, Susan, Alex, the Monk, Tamsin | February 2011 |
| 4.10 | 31 March 2011 |
Dark Eyes (2012-2015)[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Dark Eyes (audio series)
The next period of The Eighth Doctor Adventures was the subseries Dark Eyes.
Dark Eyes began as a boxset called Dark Eyes which was announced to be the "New Eighth Doctor Box Set 1" and released as part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures.[4] The success of the first boxset led to Dark Eyes becoming a larger series which was considered its own range, a sequel to The Eighth Doctor Adventures. At this point, The Eighth Doctor Adventures were renamed Classic Doctor Who - Eighth Doctor Adventures. [5] However, despite being its own series, Dark Eyes continued to also be collected under the Eighth Doctor Adventures banner.[6]
Following Dark Eyes, with the release of Doom Coalition, Big Finish Productions began a period of releasing new Eighth Doctor releases entirely separate from the Eighth Doctor Adventures branding. From 2015 to 2019, the Eighth Doctor Adventures were adjusted to no longer include Dark Eyes, being defined as just the radio-broadcast stories.[7]
The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2015-present)[[edit] | [edit source]]
Missing stories from The Eighth Doctor: Time War.
In the 2015 to 2019 period in which boxsets were released without the Eighth Doctor Adventures branding, the narrative of Dark Eyes was continued in the series Doom Coalition and Ravenous. Additionally, The Eighth Doctor: Time War began being released.
From 1 April 2019 onwards, the various Eighth Doctor series were once more collected in a range titled The Eighth Doctor Adventures after a period of there being several separate ranges. Ravenous continued as a subseries of this range, narratively followed by Stranded; unlike in the era of Dark Eyes, these series were more primarily part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures rather than distinct ranges of their own. The Eighth Doctor: Time War also continued as a subseries of this one, with its own subseries Uncharted being the next Eighth Doctor ongoing boxset narrative after Stranded.
With the redesign of the Big Finish website on 1 April 2019, the stories released in the period following Dark Eyes were retroactively considered part of The Eighth Doctor Adventures, as well as some earlier releases from the Special Releases range.
Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Living Legend | Scott Gray | Charley | 13 November 2003 |
| An Earthly Child | Marc Platt | Susan, Alex | 8 December 2009 |
Doom Coalition[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ravenous[[edit] | [edit source]]
Stranded[[edit] | [edit source]]
Standalone sets (Liv and Helen)[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Boxset | # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Lies Inside? | 1 | Paradox of the Daleks | John Dorney | Liv, Helen, Daleks | 2 November 2022 |
| 2 | The Dalby Spook | Lauren Mooney, Stewart Pringle | Liv, Helen | ||
| Connections | 1 | Here Lies Drax | John Dorney | Liv, Helen, Drax | 6 December 2022 |
| 2 | The Love Vampires | James Kettle | Liv, Helen | ||
| 3 | Albie's Angels | Roy Gill | Liv, Helen, Albie, Weeping Angels | ||
| Echoes | 1 | Birdsong | Tim Foley | Liv, Helen | 16 May 2024 |
| 2 | Lost Hearts | Lauren Mooney & Stewart Pringle | |||
| 3 | Slow Beasts | Dan Rebellato |
Standalone sets (Audacity and Charley)[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Boxset | # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audacity | 1 | The Devouring | Lisa McMullin | Audacity | 2 November 2023 |
| 2 | The Great Cyber-War | Tim Foley | Audacity, Vogans, Cybermen | ||
| 3 | Audacity, Vogans, Cybermen, Charley | ||||
| In the Bleak Midwinter | 1 | Twenty-Four Doors in December | John Dorney | Charley, Audacity | 5 December 2023 |
| 2 | The Empty Man | Tim Foley | |||
| 3 | Winter of the Demon | Roy Gill | |||
| Deadly Strangers | 1 | Puccini and the Doctor | Matthew Jacobs | Charley, Audacity | 10 December 2024 |
| 2 | Women's Day Off | Lisa McMullin | |||
| 3 | The Gloaming | Lauren Mooney, Stewart Pringle | Charley, Audacity, The Mara |
The Eighth Doctor: Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Eighth Doctor: Time War
Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eighth Doctor: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dalek Trap | Nicholas Briggs | Lucie, Daleks | 10 July 2019 |
| 2 | The Revolution Game | Alice Cavender | Lucie | |
| 3 | The House on the Edge of Chaos | Eddie Robson | ||
| 4 | Island of the Fendahl | Alan Barnes | Lucie, Fendahl |
Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mummy Speaks! | Alan Barnes | Charley | 19 January 2022 |
| 2 | Eclipse | Lisa McMullin | ||
| 3 | The Slaying of the Writhing Mass | Eddie Robson | ||
| 4 | Heart of Orion | Nicholas Briggs | Charley, Deeva Jansen |
The Stuff of Legend[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: The Stuff of Legend (audio story)
| Title | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stuff of Legend | Robert Valentine | Charley, Reborn Master, Daleks | 14 September 2024 |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The first season aired on BBC7 as BBC Radio dramas before their release on CD.
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Collections[[edit] | [edit source]]
Series 1 in the collection The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller
Series 2 in the collection The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller
Series 3 in the collection The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller
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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070701142722/http://www.bigfinish.com/drwho_eighthdoctor/index.shtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071214093148/http://www.bigfinish.com/index.asp?function=DISPLAYCAT&catid=80
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081006012632/http://www.bigfinish.com/the-eighth-doctor-adventures
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121115111001/http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/eighth-doctor-adventures
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131113021420/http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/doctor-who---dark-eyes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131031024215/http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/eighth-doctor-adventures
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151024055812/http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/eighth-doctor-adventures
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Eighth Doctor Adventures page at bigfinish.com
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